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Sunday, 22 January 2006

Justice? In NZ? Surely you must be joking

Bet you haven't heard these reasons before for a one-night-stand you regret, or for which you're making excuses:

he/she was coming on to me

I was drunk

I'd just broken up with my partner/wife/husband/significant other

I felt sorry for him/her

I was depressed

I wasn't his/her first lay

I thought he/she was older than thirteen...

Huh? What's that? "Older than thirteen"? Yep, Briar Dravitski, the first woman in New Zealand convicted for sex with an underage boy pulled out the whole bag of excuses to explain why she partied with a group of thirteen-year-old runaways at her house, before taking one to bed and doing the deed on him. Twice. (And before you think the boy might really have enjoyed it, check out her photo -- but not just before lunch.)

"The boy was 17," she claimed in her defence, "but constable Bruce McIntosh, of New Plymouth police, said

there was 'absolutely no way he looked that old. "He was a kid who only turned 13 three days prior. He's a small, skinny kid, just like an average sized 13-year-old child." He said police had statements from witnesses who said Dravitski had said she had "wished he was older"... Judge Robert Murfitt described the incident as "an exploitative act" but said community work would be more appropriate than jail.

Peter did implicitly refer to the offender's appearance: (And before you think the boy might really have enjoyed it, check out her photo -- but not just before lunch.). I therefore retract 'size' from my original comment and replace with 'appearance'. The thrust of my point, however, still stands.

Xavier, she's an ugly fat tart and since the blog is called "not pc" WTF did you expect?You can find lots of other places where they'll tippy-toe around the truth, where you may be more comfortable....

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